Puygouzon
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Camouflage | |
Arrondissement | Albi | |
Canton |
Albi-2 Saint-Juéry |
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Community association | Albigeois | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ' N , 2 ° 10' E | |
height | 182–333 m | |
surface | 19.96 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,461 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 173 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 81990 | |
INSEE code | 81218 | |
Website | http://www.puygouzon.fr/ |
Puygouzon is a French commune with 3,461 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitania region . Puygouzon belongs to the Arrondissement of Albi and to the cantons of Albi-2 and Saint-Juéry . The inhabitants are called Puygouzonnais .
geography
Puygouzon is immediate, about three kilometers south of the city center Albis . Puygouzon is surrounded by Albi in the north, Fréjairolles in the east and south-east, (up to the incorporation :) Labastide-Dénat in the south, Lamillarié in the south and Saliès in the west and south-west.
The former route nationale 112 (today's D612) runs through the municipality .
history
On January 1, 2017, the neighboring municipality of Labastide-Dénat was incorporated. Puygouzon has since become a commune nouvelle .
Population distribution and extrapolation
District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) |
Altitude (m) |
Population (Census) | ||||||||||||
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1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 1 | 2008 2 | 2011 1 | 2013 2 | 2016 3 | ||||
Labastide-Dénat | 81113 | 7.43 | 217-333 | 211 | 190 | 195 | 198 | 199 | 228 | 256 | 239 | 334 | 361 | 376 | 380 | 436 |
Puygouzon (administrative headquarters) | 81218 | 12.53 | 182-308 | 517 | 500 | 587 | 722 | 1,408 | 1.993 | 2,585 | 2,722 | 2,845 | 2,859 | 2,937 | 2,951 | 2,981 |
Puygouzon | 19.96 | 728 | 690 | 782 | 920 | 1,607 | 2,221 | 2,841 | 2,961 | 3,179 | 3,220 | 3,313 | 3,331 | 3,417 |
Attractions
- Church in the village of Creyssens
- Saint-Geniest chapel
Personalities
- Jean-François de La Pérouse (1741–1788), navigator, circumnavigator and geographer